26 Amendments of Ulla TØRNÆS related to 2015/2107(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission 'Taking stock of the Europe 2020 Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth' (COM(2014) 130 final/2),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's White paper 'An Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions' (COM(2012) 55 final),
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas health and safety at work promotes growth, competitiveness, productivity and improves the sustainability of the social security systems;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas demographic ageing is one of the main challenges of the EU Member States' social policies;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the proportion of workers, who report their health and safety to be at risk because of their work, varies significantly across Member States, which underlines the need for a much stronger European focus on implementation and enforecement of the excisting OHS legislation14 ; __________________ 14 5th Working Conditions Survey, Overview Report, Eurofound (2012) http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/defa ult/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ ef1182en.pdf
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas clear, efficient, well implemented and enforceable legislation is a precondition for compliance with OHS requirements, which is today heavily regulated with 24 directives, and thereby a precondition for a high level of protection for all workers regardless of contract and place of work;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that all employees have a right to the highest level of protection regarding health and safety in the workplace regardless of the size of the employer, the underlying contract or the Member State of employment; points out that complex, unclear and overlapping OSH rules can have unintended consequences and undermine employers' protection, stresses therefore the need for better, more clear and efficient rules in the field of OSH;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes that many important fields of action are identified in the EU OSH strategic framework; stresses, in this context, that more concrete legislative measures shoulda stronger focus on implementation and enforcement of the existing rules as well as the development of non-legislative tools must be included in the framework, following the 2016- review;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes that many important fields of action are identified in the EU OSH strategic framework; stresses, in this context, that more concrete legislative measures shoulda stronger focus on implementation and enforcement of the existing rules, as well as the development of non-legislative tools must be included in the framework, following the 2016- review;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to define and apply quantitative reduction targets at EU level for occupational diseases and accidents at workvelop guidance, encourage the exchange of good practices and to carry out awareness raising campaigns on implementing OSH policies following the 2016- review of the OSH strategic framework and to rely on the latest research findings when reviewing the framework;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that national OSHS strategies are essential and contributes to improvements in OSHS in the Member States and stresses that regular reporting on progress made should be encouraged; considers it necessary to continue to initiate and coordinate policiesapply a much stronger focus on implementation and enforcement of the existing OHS legislation at EU level with a view to ensuring a high level of occupational health and safety for all workers;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges theEncourages Member States to incorporate quantitative and measurable targets into their national strategies;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages Member States to set up contact points, exchange good practices and share experiences in implementing national OSH strategies, thus promoting mutual learning
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the importance of taking into account the situation, specific needs and lack of compliance by micro and small enterprises in the implementation of OSH measures at company level; encouragesmicro, small and medium enterprises, which create 85% of European jobs; stresses that the lack of awareness, absence of guidance, relative higher costs of compliance lead to a deficient enforcement of regulatory requirements by MSMEs; outlines that awareness raising, exchange of good practices, user friendly guides and online platforms are of outmost use and importance to help micro, small and medium enterprises comply with OSH regulatory framework; encourages, in this context, the Commission, EU-OSHA and the Member States to continue developing practical tools and guidelines, which improve the compliance of SMEs with OSH requirements;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls onEncourages the Member States and social partners to take initiatives to upgrade the skills of health and safety representatives and managers in accordance with national customs and traditions; calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines for the involvement of employeethe social partners in implementing preventive OSH measures;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that a precondition for good OSHS management and performance is clear, efficient, well implemented and enforceable legislation and documented risk assessment, which allows for appropriate preventive measures to be put in place;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that a precondition for good OSH management and performance is documented risk assessment, which allows for appropriate preventive measures to be put in place; welcomes, in this context, the online platform OiRA, which allows to build easy-to-use and cost-free online tools that can help micro and small organisations to put in place a step-by- step risk assessment process;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that ensuring a level playing- field across the EU and eliminating unfair competition and social dumping is crucial; stresses that labour inspectorates play a key role in enforcing workers' rights to a safe and healthy working environment; calls onreminds the Member States to followof the ILO recommendation of a minimum of one labour inspector per 10 000 workers and to increase staffing and resources available to labour inspectorates;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that although the key drivers in a majority of companies for implementing OSH measures are the legal obligations, non-legislative tools should be more broadly used (i.e. awareness raising campaigns, setting voluntary norms, the use of online tools) to help companies understand and comply with the OSH legislation;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes efforts to improve the quality of the regulatory frameworkand to reduce the administrative burden of the implementation of the regulatory framework; outlines that the existing rules should be improved and simplified, especially by avoiding overlapping, while preserving the high standard of workers' health and safety; reminds the Commission, however, that the submission of OSH directives to the REFIT exercise and modifications of legislation should be transparent, involve social partners and must under no circumstances result in reductions in occupational health and safety;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points to the importance of protecting workers against exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and substances that are toxic to reproduction; points out that part of the legislation in this particular field is at the moment overlapping leading to unnecessary administrative burdens, costs and a risk of unintended non-compliance; calls on the Commission as a part of its efforts for better regulation to ensure that overlap in this field is eliminated and that the future rules will be clear, efficient, well implemented and enforceable; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a revision of Directive 2004/37/EC adding more binding occupational exposure limit values and in cooperation with the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work to develop an assessment system that can be used to assess binding occupational limit values based on clear evidence and explicit criteria;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and implement a programme for systematic monitoring of psychosocial risks, including stressIs concerned about psychosocial risks, including stress; reminds that psychosocial risks are individual in their nature and that a determination of causes is therefore very difficult if not impossible; encourages the Member States to keep monitoring this area and to encourage the social partners to work further in this area;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to adopt a targeted approach to improve the health and safety situation of workers in precariouslog-term unemployment and involuntary part-time employment and to take into account the negative effects that precarious employmenit has on occupational health and safety when addressing this issue in general;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Draws the attention of the Commission to the role that the sectorhorizontal social dialogue Committees can play in tackling sector- specific OSH risks through agreements between the social partners using their best knowledge of sector specific situations;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to collect gender and age- specific high-quality statistical data on work-related diseases in order to constantly improve and adapt, where needed, the legislative framework, in accordance to the new and emerging risks;